Why the study?
Does surgical pulmonary embolectomy improve survival in patients with acute massive or sub-massive pulmonary thromboembolism?
Population
Patients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism, particularly massive and sub-massive pulmonary embolism with…
Design
Review
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May support surgical embolectomy in select high-risk PE; leaves open survival benefit confirmation in randomized trials.
Does surgical pulmonary embolectomy improve survival in patients with acute massive or sub-massive pulmonary thromboembolism?
Surgical pulmonary embolectomy is highlighted as an effective and safe procedure for critically ill patients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism, especially when thrombolysis is contraindicated or fails.
Fukuda et al. (2017) studied this question.
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